The man who leads in the polls is Igor Dodon, a pro-Russian candidate and former
economy minister. He vows to restore a strategic partnership with Moscow.

Dodon wants to annul the economic component of the Association Agreement with the EU signed in 2014.

The centre right option is Maia Sandu, she is running in second spot and describes herself as a pro-European Moldovan. The former education minister believes that the government must convince the country and Brussels of its sincerity to continue with the European project and not look back to Russia.

Situated between Romania and Ukraine, Moldova is one of the poorest countries in Europe.